Venture capital or VC is a type of private equity capital typically provided to early-stage, high-potential growth companies in the interest of generating a return through an eventual realization event such as an IPO or trade sale of the company. Venture capital investments are generally made as cash in exchange for shares in the invested company.

Venture capital typically comes from institutional investors and high net worth individuals and is pooled together by dedicated investment firms. Venture capital firms typically comprise small teams with technology backgrounds for example- scientists, researchers or those with business training or deep industry experience. VC has a reputation of being a particularly impenetrable career path, employing only those who bring expert value.

VC specializes in identifying novel technologies that have the potential to generate high commercial returns at an early stage. It plays an important role in managing entrepreneurial companies at an early stage, thus adding skills as well as capital.

A venture capitalist is a person or investment firm that makes venture investments. These capitalists are expected to bring managerial and technical expertise as well as capital to their investments. A venture capital fund refers to a pooled investment vehicle that primarily invests the financial capital of third-party investors in enterprises that are too risky for the standard capital markets or bank loans.

Venture capital is also associated with job creation, the knowledge economy and used as a proxy measure of innovation within an economic sector or geography. Venture capital is most attractive for new companies with limited operating history that are too small to raise capital in the public markets and are too immature to secure a bank loan or complete a debt offering. Venture capitalists usually get significant control over company decisions, in addition to a significant portion of the company's ownership. Companies wishing to raise venture capital require a combination of extremely rare yet

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